Fugro rejected by University of Oslo 05.02 - 2010 10:58 During the Business Days at the University of Oslo yesterday, one exhibition stand was left empty. The Norwegan firm has carried out illegal oil exploration offshore occupied Western Sahara.
Aminatou is on hunger strike17.11 - 2009 Human Rights activist has been expelled from her home country, Western Sahara. She demands to be able to return.Read more
Key ring convict appeals for assistance31.10 - 2009 The human rights activits Naama Asfari asks for Norwegian and international help to attend trials against Sahrawis. In August, Asfari was sentenced to jail for carrying a keyring with the Sahrawi flag.Read more
US senators ask King to release Sahrawis23.10 - 2009 3 US Senators today sent a letter to Kind Mohamed VI, asking for the release of the 7 Sahrawis who were jailed for visiting their countrymen in the Sahrawi refugee camps. Read more
Ireland responds to concern for the jailed Sahrawis23.10 - 2009 Irish Ministry of Foreign Affairs has discussed the matter over the 7 jailed Sahrawi human rights defenders, and says the issue is being discussed between the EU and Morocco. Read more
Asks the Norwegian government to intervene19.10 - 2009 Leading human rights activists from Western Sahara were last week subjected to serious violations of their rights by Moroccan authorities. 18 Norwegian organisations, including all 8 political youth parties, ask the Norwegian Minister for Foreign Affairs to protest. Read more
Norwatch: Rich on Plunder09.10 - 2009 The Norwegian Government Pension Fund has invested billions of Norwegian kroners in companies that participate in the plunder of Western Sahara. An examination carried out by Norwatch shows that Pension Fund companies are behind two-thirds of all phosphate purchases in the occupied country. Norwatch, 06.10.2009. Read more
Norwatch: PGS Stumbles into Western Sahara22.09 - 2009 The Norwegian seismic services company PGS has entered in on the ownership side of the Irish oil company San Leon Energy. The funds placed by PGS will help enable increased oil exploration in occupied Western Sahara. Read more
Western Sahara friend Ted Kennedy wins Nansen Refugee Award15.09 - 2009 The UN High Commissioner for Refugees announced today that its annual Nansen Refugee Award will be awarded to the late Senator Edward Kennedy for his achievements as an unparalleled champion of refugee protection and assistance. For years Kennedy fought for the rights of the Saharawi people and refugees around the world. Press release, 15 Sept 2009.Read more
Mass detention of Saharawi activists27.08 - 2009 In a wave of arrests and harassments has in the last few weeks taken place in Western Sahara. Today 10 leading human rights activists were detained when they were going to attend a trial against a colleague. Read more
Western Sahara friend Edward M. Kennedy dies 26.08 - 2009 The Lion of the Senate and one of USAs most influential Senators, Edward M. Kennedy (77) died from cancer yesterday. Kennedy has for many years been one of the staunchest supporters of Western Sahara in American politics.
Amnesty reacts to Morocco travel restrictions07.08 - 2009 Statement from Amnesty International today demands investigations into the events surrounding the forcible expulsion of 6 young Sahrawis from Agadir airport to Western Sahara. Read more
Kicked out of airport and forced home07.08 - 2009 The Sahrawi youth who were to attend a peace seminar in London - and who were refused exit from Morocco - have got a tough treatment. First they were forcibly expelled from Agadir airport. Thursday night they were taken in a police escort all the way back to the occupied territories of Western Sahara. Read more
Since 1975, three quarters of the territory of Western Sahara has been occupied by Morocco. A majority of the population is still living in refugee camps in Algeria. Those who remained in their homeland are subjected to serious harassment from the Moroccan occupiers. For more than 40 years the Sahrawis have been waiting for the fullfilment of their legitimate right to self-determination.
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A 20 page long booklet on the Western Sahara conflict has been published by the Norwegian Refugee Council. Order a hard copy version of the publication "Occupied Country, Displaced People" here.
Since 1975, three quarters of the territory of Western Sahara has been occupied by Morocco. A majority of the population is still living in refugee camps in Algeria. Those who remained in their homeland are subjected to serious harassment from the Moroccan occupiers. For more than 40 years the Sahrawis have been waiting for the fullfilment of their legitimate right to self-determination.
